Car-replacer.



W. 0. BUNNELL & Q. A. GATES.

GAR, REPLACE-IR.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT- 13. 1915.

Patented. May 7, I918,

WILLIAM 0. BUNNELL AND QUINCY A. GATES, OEWILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAB-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1912.

Application filed September 13, 1916. Serial No. 119,877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM O. BUN- NELL and QUINCY A. GATns, citizens of the United States, and residents of Wilkes- Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to the class of railways and has particular reference to new and useful improvements in car replacers.

The primary object of our invention is to provide a novel and effective car replacer which is simple in construction, strong and durable, effective in operation and quickly and easily applied in position on a railway track for use.

Another object of our invention is to provide a car replacer which is adapted to receive and guide the derailed wheels of a car truck directly onto their proper positions on the rails without the use of jacks, crowbars or any other unhandy implements. Our invention contemplates the provision of a device which will accommodate a pair of car wheels regardless of the position of the same relative the rails, the only requirement being that the wheels be on the road bed and parallel to the rail or approximately so.

Other objects and advantages to be derived from the use of our improved car replacer will appear from the following detailed description and the claims, taken with an inspection of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railway track showing our improved car replacer applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the outside wheel replacer; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the outside wheel replacer.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein similar characters of reference designate like and corresponding parts throughout the various views, 1 and 2 designate the railway rails of a railway track, the same being mounted on the usual ties 3.

Our improved car replacer embodies two distinct elements designated A and B, the same cooperating to replace a derailed wheel or truck in a manner which will hereinafter appear.

the element designated A we provide a sheet metal body bent at 4 to provide a base portion 5, inclined plane 6 and top portion 7. The base 5 is formed with a supporting wall 8 having a flange 9, the latter being riveted to the top portion 7. The inner marginal edge 10 of the top portion 7 is in spaced relation to the outer edge of the head 11 of the rail 1 to receive the tread and flange of a derailed wheel. The upper free end of the inclined plane 6 is tapered as at 12, provided with a curved margin 13, the free end of the tongue or tapered portion 12 resting upon the head of the rail 11 adjacent the inner edge thereof. The outer portion of the top 7 is raised as at 14 and formed with a flange 15 to assist in guiding a wheel onto the rail.

A strap 16 having a hook portion 17 is riveted at 18 to the under surface of the top portion 7 said hook being adapted to engage the rail for preventing lateral dis placement of the car replacer. A brace 19 is interposed between the base 5 and the inclined plane 6 to strengthen the same. The brace 19 is connected at its lower end with the base 5 of the body, the same being preferably formed integral therewith by welding and the upper edgeof said brace is inclined complementally with the inclination of the portion 6 of the body, and receives the same thereon. A plurality of prongs 20 are carried by the base 5 to prevent the same from slipping upon the ties.

Referring to the insidewheel replacer B we provide a sheet metal body bent at 21 to form a base 22 and an inclined plate 23, a brace 24 being interposed between the base and inclined plane to strengthen the same. The brace 24 is connected at its lower edge with the base 22, preferably being formed integral therewith by welding and the upper edge of said brace is inclined complementally with the inclination of the portion 23, and is adapted to receive the same thereon. A supporting wall 25 is formed on the free end of the base 22, said wall being riveted as at 26 to the top portion 27 of the inclined plane 23.

The top portion 27 terminates in a tapered tongue 28, said tongue having an outer curved margin 29, the body of the tongue resting upon the top of the head of the rail 2. The marginal edge of the tongue merges with the outer marginal edge 20 of the inclined plane, 23, the contour of the edges 10, 13', 29 and 30 being practically identical in order that a pair of car wheels may be accommodated thereby and directed onto the rails l and 2.

In use the replacing elements are disposed adjacent railway rails as shown in Fig. 1, and the derailed car is moved until the wheels thereof engage the marginal edges 10 and 30 of the inclined planes 6 and 23. Continuing to move the car the planes will act upon the wheels to raise the same, the curved portions of the extensions 12 and 28 serving to guide the wheels onto the rail'. The inclined plane 23 is preferably of a width corresponding to the width of the head of the rail 1 plus the distance between said head and the marginal edge: 10 of the inclined-plane 6,.so. that the replacing devices A and B will be a distance apart conforming to-the standard gage of the railway track. a

The device of our invention when applied directly to; the rail'sare sure to replace a derailed truck unless some inherent defect exists in the wheels or rails. The car rep'lacercannot turnover under the weight of the car in view of the fact that all of thepressure thereon is: directly downward and forward lVealso desire to direct attention to the fact that it is-unnecessary for a trackman or workman to hold. the car replacers until a car wheel strikes the same, a dis advantage which is present in many of the car replacers now in use, this not only being an-insecure and ineflicient way of replacing a car: butalso endangering the lives of the men engaged in the operation. N u- Inerous other advantages of the device will beread'ily apparent to those skilled inthe art and a further discussion of the same is therefore not thought to be necessary.

From the above description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of our invention may be had, and while we have shown and described thedevice as embodying a specific structure, we desire that it be understood that such changes may be made in said structure as do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is':-

In a car replacer, the combination of a body bent to form an inclined plane por tion and a base, a tongue formed on the body, said tongue terminating at a point over a rail for directing a wheel onto the same.

2. A car replacer including a body bent toform an inclined plane portion and base, a hook carried by the body and a tongue extending. therefrom for engagement upon the head of a rail.

3. A device of the character described including a body bent to form aninclined plane portion, abase formed on the body, a. tongue extending from the body for engagement with the head of a rail, a strap having one end secured to the. underside of the tongue, and a hook formed on the free end of the strap. for a purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, we affi-X our signatures hereto.

W'ILLIAM O. BUNNELL. QUINCY A. GATES;

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Washington,.D. 0. I 

